Revelation 16:1 - Exposition

And I heard a great voice. Characteristic of all the heavenly utterances (cf. Revelation 14:7 , Revelation 14:9 , etc.). We have now the narration in full of the events of which Revelation 15:1-8 . has given us a summary. Out of the temple. The ναός , shrine of God, mentioned in Revelation 15:8 , and which no one could enter; the voice must, therefore, be the voice of God himself. Saying to the seven angels (see on Revelation 15:1 ). Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth; go ye and pour, etc. The seven vials is read in א , A, B, C, Andreas, Arethas, Primasius, and others. So, in Revelation 8:5 , the angel casts fire on the earth.